Backup Your Linux Install With Timeshift
Ubuntu Linux is my primary OS of choice at home. I use Ubuntu server to run most of my home lab servers, and I use Ubuntu desktop as my primary day-to-day OS. …
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Air Quality Monitoring and Improving My Sensor
A little while back I wrote about my experience making an ESPHome-based air quality sensor. That sensor has continued to work really well for me. So much so, that I decided to …
7 Ways To Secure Your Home Network
Everyone’s home network needs protecting. You use your home network every day for private financial transactions, sending texts and DMs that often contain private information, browsing all of your social media accounts, …
5 Ways To Protect Yourself From Data Breaches
Companies that you expect to safeguard your private data suffer data breaches daily. Sensitive information, like social security numbers, credit card information, home addresses, birthdates, and more have even been leaked by …
Make Your Own Air Quality Sensor Using ESPHome
I’ve had a general curiosity about the air quality in and around my home. We use primarily hydronic heating and thus don’t get much airflow without opening the windows. We do have …
My Experience Upgrading to Ubuntu 22.04: Jammy Jellyfish
I run Ubuntu LTS (Long Term Support) on all of my servers, and on my regular desktop. Regular releases of Ubuntu have a six-month release cycle, which is too frequent for me, …
Improving My Year-Round Holiday LED Display
It’s been a few years since I first started getting into addressable holiday LEDs powered by WLED. A couple of years ago I expanded my LED display to permanent year-round holiday LEDs …